Vermont 73 Stony Brook 52
Vermont bounced back after a tough loss and reasserted themselves as the team to beat in the America East by taking it to Stony Brook on the road. This was a huge win for the Cats without their star player Antony Lamb who was still out with a concussion. Ernie and Everett Duncan picked up the slack and led Vermont to victory. Ernie was masterful throughout the game finishing with 25 points on 7-14 shooting. He attacked the rim relentlessly and got himself to the free throw line. Everett poured in 20 points of his own to go along with 7 rebounds. That is three straight games in double figures for Everett as he has found his stroke again. Samuel Dingba was tremendous again with 7 points and 11 rebounds. The game was very physical and early on the physicality was all from the Stony Brook side. Vermont dug deep and was able to dictate the physicality for the second half of the game. The fact that the Cats did not allow themselves to be pushed around caused the Stony Brook physicality to backfire as most of the Seawolves starters were in foul trouble. The Vermont players certainly payed for it with Ernie, Everett, and Dingba all taking head shots during the game. You could see that after the UMBC game the emphasis from the coaching staff was on remembering that the defensive side of the ball is where Vermont needs to maintain their focus. This was a must win game for the Catamounts regular season title hopes and they showed up in a big way. Now they have the week off which could not come at a better time with Lamb out and this physical game taking its toll. Robin Duncan landed funny on the last play of the game so I hope that it was just a rolled ankle and he will be ready to go for next Saturday. This team proved today that they will not be pushed around with or without Lamb. A great confidence boost for the team as a whole and a great way to go into this week of practice.
P.S.
I have to give a shout out to Ryan Davis for making the first three pointer of his career. That has to feel good.
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